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Helioscope pricing
Helioscope publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- Free, then $95/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
Helioscope plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 5 | Entry tier |
| Professional | $95/month | 5 | +$95/month, 5 more features |
| Enterprise | On request | 5 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 3 projects, basic design tools, shade analysis, energy production, community support.
Professional
$95/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- Unlimited projects
- Advanced shading
- Custom reports
- Team collaboration
- Priority support
Enterprise
On requestOver Professional, this tier adds:
- Everything in Pro
- API access
- Custom integrations
- SSO
- Dedicated success manager
Where Helioscope stops being free
Free, Free
- 3 projects
- Basic design tools
- Shade analysis
- Energy production
- Community support
Professional, $95/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Unlimited projects
- Advanced shading
- Custom reports
- Team collaboration
- Priority support
What the product covers
The full Helioscope feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- PV system design
- 3D shade modeling
- Performance simulation
- Single-line diagrams
- BOM generation
- Proposal templates
- Component database
- Financial modeling
Integrations
- Google Earth
- Nearmap
- Eagleview
- Salesforce
- HubSpot
- Zapier
Security
- SOC2
- SSL encryption
- Data backup
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Web support
- Api support
Localization
- English language support
- Spanish language support
People bring Helioscope in for simulating photovoltaic system performance and energy yield, laying out commercial solar arrays and producing design reports. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Helioscope are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Energy & Utilities
Too few energy & utilities tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helioscope (this page) | Free, then $95/month | subscription | - | |
| PowerFactory DIgSILENT | On request | quote | - | vs Helioscope |
| Azelio Energy Storage | On request | quote | - | vs Helioscope |
| Aurora Solar | $250/month | subscription | - | vs Helioscope |
| Enel X DER Optimization | On request | quote | - | vs Helioscope |
| Bidgely UtilityAI | On request | quote | - | vs Helioscope |
| AVEVA PI System | On request | one-time | - | vs Helioscope |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Helioscope badges page.
Before you pay for Helioscope
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and On request, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Helioscope runs on web, api, and is published by Folsom Labs of San Francisco, CA. The full record is on the Helioscope review, and the rest of the category is under best energy & utilities tools.
Helioscope pricing questions
- How much does Helioscope cost?
- Helioscope publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free up to On request for Enterprise. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Helioscope have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers 3 projects, basic design tools, shade analysis. Paying starts at $95/month for Professional.
- What is the difference between Free and Professional on Helioscope?
- Professional costs $95/month against Free, and adds unlimited projects, advanced shading, custom reports, team collaboration.
- Is the Enterprise plan on Helioscope worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is everything in pro, api access, custom integrations, sso. It costs On request against $95/month for Professional. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- What am I actually paying for with Helioscope?
- The record lists 22 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for simulating photovoltaic system performance and energy yield, laying out commercial solar arrays and producing design reports.
- Does Helioscope charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Helioscope prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Helioscope against before paying?
- The closest energy & utilities tools in this directory are PowerFactory DIgSILENT, Azelio Energy Storage, Aurora Solar, Enel X DER Optimization. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Helioscope covering price, platforms and features.